At U.S. President Donald Trump’s request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in ...

On May 2, 2025, at the age of 30, the grant that funded much of PBS KIDS’ content—the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (now defunct, too) and Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Ready to ...

This story has been updated with a response from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which notes the cancelled grant did not contain funding for “Molly of Denali” for the current year. A grant ...

PBS CEO Paula Kerger said new children’s programming will “skid to a halt” if the government moves ahead with President Trump’s attempt to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. Kerger and NPR ...

Paula Kerger of PBS wants viewers to know: “We’re still here and we are even more resolved to do great work.” As the president and chief executive officer of the network, she has seen it endure a ...

At U.S. President Donald Trump's request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in ...